Automobile tire-tool.



G. A. MORRIS. AUTOMOBILE TIRE TOOL. 11 11110111011 rILnn 1111118. 1911.

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11V. VEN T OR Allomey G. A. MORRIS. AUTOMOBILE TIRE TOOL. APPLIUATIOH FILED MAY 18, 1911.

1,001,670. Patented Aug 29,1911.

WITNESSES [N VEN TOR UNITED STATES PATENT EEToE.

Y GEORGE A. MORRIS, OF ROME, GEORGIA, ASSIGNOR OF THREE-TENTHS T SHARP & SHARP, A PARTNERSHIP, THREE-TENTHS TO G. J.'IDAVIS, AND ONE-TENTH TO J. P.

SWINFORD, ALL OF ROME, GEORGIA.

AUTOM BILE TIRE-TOOL.

r Speciflcationiof Letters Patent. Patented Aug. 29, 1911.

Application filed May 18, 1'911. Serial No. 627,945..

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE A. Momus, a

I citizen of theUnited States of America,

and I resident of Rome, in the county of Floyd and State of Georgia, have invented I certain new and useful Improvements in Automobile Tire-Tools, of which the fol lowing is a specification.

This invention relates toimplements and tools and particularly to a devicedesigned for use in. removing tires from automobile wheels. v

An object of this invention is*t'o provide novel means for removing the ordinary retaining ring of an automobile tire, novel means being also provided for dislodging the tire from engagement with the rim and the invention consists furthermore in the provision of novel meansfor removing the valve stem from the socket in the rim; furthcrmore, an object of this invention is to provide a movable fulcrum designed to coact with the rim of a vehicle wheel, which fulcrum. is provided for the purpose of holding the,v tool against swinging movement which would carry the operating handle of the tool beyond the plane of the outer surface of the rim.

With the foregoingand other objects in view, the invention consists in the details of construction and in the arrangementand combination of parts to be hereinafter morefully set forth and claimed.

In describing the'invention'in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification wherein like characters denote corresponding parts in the, several views, andin which-.

Figure 1 illustrates a perspective'view of a fragment of a vehicle wheel with a tire-tool applied thereto; Fig. 2 illustrates a pers ective view of the opposite side of the w eel shown'in Fig. 1 with the tire tool complete for forcing the tire from the rim; Fig. 3 illustrates a perspective viewof a-fragme'nt of a.

tire in dotted lines with a tire tool appliedthereto, the said tire tool in this form being modifiedas compared with the one shown' in Figs. 1 and 2; Fig. 4 illustrates a detail view of a shank and folly engaging mem- 'bcr shown in Figs. 1- and 2;

v Fig. 5 illus trates a perspective view of a fragment of a tire showing the applicability of the maction of the handle. a

,The' outer end ofthe handle has a socket plement for the purpose of removing valve stellrlis from the fellies of Wheels; and Fig. 6 i secti nof the tool shown in Fig.

In these drawin s 4 denotes a hookshaped member havmg a shank 5 provided with a series of recesses 6; a handle 7 being connected to'the shank by means of the pivotal bolt 8 which is adjustable in the recesses 6 so that the position of the handle with relation to the end of the hooked member may be regulated. The handle has a slot 7* therein through which the pivotal bolt 8' extends and in which slotthe shank of the tire engaging member is slidable so that the pivotal bolt may be fitted to the recesses of the shank for the purpose of adjusting the tire engaging member with relation to the handle. The handle has one of itsv ends pivotally connectedto a link 9- 13 to receive the shank and the said post is held at diflerent positions of adjustment by aset screw 14.. The purpose of the postis to engage the surface of a 'felly to limit the swinging movement of the shank of the hooked member with relation tothe said felly while power is being applied to the 'strates a view in elevation, partly in slidable thereomthe said post'having a slot handle, thus maintainin the parts'in proper position to insure an e 15 therein of such sha as to form a seat ective leverage and I for the valve stems o pneumatic tools so that the said handle may be a plied to the tool, and operated to dis )lace t 1e valve case from the valve'socket ormcd in the folly. The different uses to which the tool can be put are well illustrated in the drawing, it being shown in Fig. 1 that when the hooked member is caused to engage one edge of the felly and pressure is applied. to the handle,- the head of the link 9 will dislodge the tire whereas as shown in 2 of the drawing, the socket'in the end 0 the handle may be utilized to dislodge the valve stem.

' and'handle one element of a compound tool The adjustable post is an important partof this invention for the reason that it retains the hook and link in pro er position to exert pressure transversely o the telly.

The drawin also illustrates a modified construction a tire tool which is designed for the purpose of pulling tires from vehicle wheels, the tire pulling member being used in connection with the handle and head,

heretofore described, thus making the head which may be used in conjunction with tire engaging coacting members difiering in contour and differing in their attainments. To the end that the modified construction may be understood, the shank A has a series'of I recessesB in its edge. The shank 5 has its recesses 6 in what may be termed the lower edge, whereas the recesses B are on the opposite edge or what might be termed the upper edge of theishank A. The reason for having the recesses on opposite edges of the different tool members will be obvious when it is considered that the posit-ions of the tools the, tire from the telly in the second mstance. Aside from the differences inthe location of the recesses B, the form of the tire engaging tool in the modified construction is different in that the hooked portion C of the shank A is approximately semicircular so .thatit may embrace thetire on on the inner side of the wheel thereby en- .abling the said modified tire engaging memthe outer surface and contact with said tire her to be used for pulling the tire from the I felly by the manipulation of the handle.

By haying the interchangeable shanks associated with the single handle greater range of utility is given the tire tool and its efiiciency is correspondingly increased.

I claim I I a 1. In a tire tool, a hooked member having a shank provided with recesses, a handle having a pivotal bolt to enter the recesses of the shank, a link pivoted tothe handle, said link having a head thereon with a concaved face, and a post adjustable on the shank.

2. In a tire tool, interchangeable hooked tire engaging members having shanks with recesses, bolt in the handle extending through the slot in which the shanks of the hooked members are slidable and a link pivoted to the handle, said link having a head with a concaved face;

In testimony whereof, I aifix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

Witnesses: v

y C. B. Gnn'rcnms, W. H'. Fos'rnn.

a handle having a slot and a pivotal,

GEORGE A. MORRIS. 

